HARBOR MAP OF SANTIAGO AND FIREMEN'S CONVENTION

Commodore Schley.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 10, 1898.

HARBOR MAP OF SANTIAGO.

Commodore Schley Secures One From the Insurgents.

CAPE VERDE FLEET THERE.

Names of All the Vessels Bottled Up In the Harbor.

   KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 10.— Every effort is being made to cut off

Santiago de Cuba's connection with the outside world and it is believed that within 48 hours there will be a practical accomplishment of the design. Since Commodore Schley found Admiral Cervera's fleet trying to leave the harbor, and headed off the attempt, it has been the policy to so surround the city and harbor that no assistance either in supplying arms or ammunition could reach there.

   After driving the Spanish fleet into a more protected position in the harbor by the bombardment, Commodore Schley opened communication with the insurgents, 18 miles from Santiago to the east. They were urged to obtain if possible the names and number of the vessels of the fleet inside the harbor.

   On Friday afternoon Lieutenant Sharp of the Vixen went to the place of rendezvous and received from the insurgents a map of the harbor showing the entire Cape Verde fleet, with the exception of the destroyer Terror, inside and close up to the city under the protection of the guns mounted on Blanco battery at the northern extremity of the harbor. The ships there according to this chart are the Cristobal Colon, the Viscaya, the Almirante Oquendo, the Maria Teresa and the Reina Mercedes, the last named destroyed by the American warships since the chart was made, all cruisers of the first class and heavily armed together with three torpedo boats.

   The definiteness of this information naturally gave Commodore Schley great satisfaction. Although he had known that several ships of the enemy were there, he was not certain that some had not succeeded in getting away or had been sent in another direction.

   With Admiral Sampson's arrival the blockade was much strengthened, and although the plans to starve out the city, its troops, and the enemy's fleet were pushed vigorously, a cable boat was sent to find and cut the cables communicating from Santiago to Jamaica and Hayti, cables which it had been alleged had been cut by the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis. The boat was put to work, but up to this time has not found the cable for which she is searching. Guarded by the battleships Massachusetts and Texas, she worked one morning within two miles of formidable fortifications on shore, and strange to say without any attempt of the Spanish gunners to hit them, although a short time before this the guns were fired viciously at Commodore Schley's flagship.

   Just how long Santiago can stand besieging is a matter of conjecture. Three weeks ago it was claimed at Jamaica that the food in Santiago was very poor and that it was also very scant. The country about the city is unproductive and mountainous and the insurgent camps are so close that there is little or no communication between the city and its environs. The railway service is not carried to a distance much beyond 10 miles from the town.

   Ever since Cervera's squadron was bottled up by the flying squadron under Commodore Schley nothing has gone in and it is believed that only a short time [is] needed to bring Santiago to a starvation basis. Naturally, the fleet has a supply, perhaps for two months, but the Spanish soldiery cannot be sustained for this.

   One important fact was learned from the insurgents on shore with whom communication has been opened. There are not 20,000 soldiers, as has been stated in this part of the province of Santiago de Cuba, but only about 6,000. Even these are badly fed and much disheartened.

   The Spanish seem to be profiting greatly by delay. Active work is being prosecuted on the earthworks and new guns are being mounted.

   Last Sunday morning at 10:30 a tugboat bearing a flag of truce was seen by the lookout on the Iowa to be steaming down the entrance. Grasping the situation immediately, Captain Bob Evans, commander of the battleship, started out in a boat to meet the tug, at the same time instructing the officer in charge to go as near as possible to the mouth of the harbor, so as to see where the Merrimac was sunk and if her hull was successfully blockading the harbor entrance. The boat succeeded in getting close enough to observe that the Spanish tug had to go into shallow water and around the wreck before she could get out. When she emerged the Spanish officer on board, after an exchange of compliments, said the Spaniards had seen what they believed to be a flag of truce on the Iowa and had come to answer it. They were politely informed that they had been deceived by the awning over the lookout in the foretop and that the American fleet had no occasion to send flags of truce. The Spanish tug then returned to the harbor.

Maj. Gen. William Rufus Shafter.

SANTIAGO DOOMED.

It May Be Taken by Garcia and Sampson Before Shafter Arrives.

   WASHINGTON, June 10.—It is believed here now that some 27,000 troops, regulars and volunteers, are on the way to Cuba under command of General Shafter, that Santiago will be occupied in the near future without great difficulty, owing to the effective work done by Admiral Sampson's guns.

   Garcia's army, well equipped with American arms, is sweeping over Santiago province, and it is possible the insurgents, aided by the marines of Sampson's fleet, may take possession of Santiago city even before the big expedition of troops which sailed from Tampa reaches the Cuban shore.

Queen Regent Maria Christina of Spain.

QUEEN IS ALARMED.

POPULAR IRRITATION ASSUMING A DANGEROUS PHASE.

Present Administration in Danger, Perhaps the Dynasty Too—Augusti Wanted to Commit Suicide—Whole Island of  Luzon in Arms Against Spain—All the News from Santiago Is Bad for the Spaniards and the People Just Begin to Realize It.

   NEW YORK, June 10.—A dispatch to The World from Madrid says: Queen Regent Christina is profoundly alarmed and grieved at the news of the war, particularly the reports from the Philippines. Moreover, the popular irritation against the government and all existing institutions is assuming a dangerous phase.

   Everybody believes that the Sagasta cabinet and the Liberal party will soon have to make way for Campos, Silvela and the Conservatives, who will take the last stand for the defense of the dynasty against the bitter rage of the nation, making a pathetic appeal to the pope and the continental powers of Europe.

   The startling telegram from Governor General Augusti caused the impression that Manila either had surrendered already or was on the eve of surrendering. The late rumor is that General Augusti, in a fit of despair, tried to commit suicide, but was prevented from killing himself by Admiral Montojo and the generals who wish to hold out. General Augusti took his wife and four little children to Manila with him when he superseded Marshal Primo de Rivera, just before the war began.

   The cabinet regards its own position so insecure that it has only permitted the Cortes to know a small part of the truth about the Philippines, concealing the fact that the whole island of Luzon is in arms, that a racial struggle has begun and that the natives are sparing no Spaniard, having no respect for age or sex, and displaying the utmost fury toward the priests and friars.

   Admiral Dewey is said to be trying to oblige the rebel chief to show some respect for the property and the lives of Europeans. The only answer the government has vouchsafed to General Augusti directed him to continue doing his duty to the last extremity. The old archbishop of Manila is the most resolute advocate of resistance to the "heretic invaders."

   The bombardment of Santiago, as the details become known, creates a painful sensation of disenchantment and disappointment among all classes. The people are slowly awakening to the reality that in the long run they are playing a losing game, that their phantom squadron is locked up in Santiago harbor, while that city itself is threatened with a flank movement by the Americans and the insurgents as soon as sufficiently combined for a simultaneous final bombardment.

   The patriotic illusions have been chiefly encouraged by the press, but the people are aware now that the court and the official world are alarmed, especially by the unfavorable intelligence received from General Augusti in regard to the increasing difficulties of beleaguered Manila, the insurgents cutting off its land supplies and the Americans being about to be reinforced.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The Jews Remember!

   Hebrew newspapers in America are taking warm interest in the war with Spain and urging the young men of their race to volunteer and fight for the United States. Some of the wealthy Jews have given money to the government to prosecute the war. Hebrew citizens of the United States are always patriotic. They know better than any other people what it is to be persecuted and oppressed, and they appreciate a country where all citizens are free to pursue their callings as they choose. But at present they are unusually enthusiastic for the success of the United States arms. A writer in The Jewish Press says his people in America "pray daily in the sacred language of the prophets for the victorious progress of Uncle Sam, whose disinterested intervention on behalf of freedom and civilization will add a glorious page to history."

   The Jews all over the country hope and pray and expect that the present war will result in the downfall of Spain. Why? The Hebrew race does not forget. Four hundred years ago in Spain their people were subjected to the bloodiest persecution that even the Jew had ever known. The writer in the Jewish Press speaks of the bondage in Egypt and adds, "But what is the Egyptian tyrant in comparison with the Spanish inquisitors who roasted us alive for the crime of being born of Jewish parents, who burned our homes, and finally exiled us in the name of Christianity, which we have given to them, in the name of the meek Nazarene, the great peasant teacher, who was only a Jew?" The Jewish Gazette says that of the 300,000 persons put to death by the Spaniards then "perhaps the greatest part of the victims were Jews."

   These things happened 400 years ago, yet the remembrance lives and burns in the breasts of the descendants of those who suffered. It should be a warning to any nation against doing injustice. The Jewish Gazette is glad that the United States has opened a war on "that hotbed of religious intolerance and bloodthirsty persecution which is known as the kingdom of Spain." It says:

   It is sinful to think of revenge, but the Jewish people cannot help remembering Spain. At last this country is at war with Spain! The hour of Spain's end has struck, and its awful career of brutality is nearing an end. It is fitting, indeed, that to this glorious land of liberty should be assigned the duty of punishing that iniquitous land of tyranny, cruelty and bigotry. May the punishment be terrible, for it has been deserved! And in this hour, when freemen are shouldering muskets to fight in a holy cause, what is the duty of our brethren? Can they forget the martyrs of the inquisition? Can they forget the rack, the wheel, the auto da fe, the stake and the flame? Can they forget the holy men and women, the flower of our race, who died with "Shema Israel" on their lips? Can they forget those who died for God and Judaism? Can they forget the expulsion when 80,000 perished in one day? No! No! "They have forgotten to forget— they have forgotten to forget!"

THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION.

All Visitors Assured that They will be Handsomely Entertained.

   The local committees having in charge the arrangements for entertaining the Central New York Volunteer Firemen's association in Cortland Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 2, 3 and 4, are hard at work, and purpose to give the firemen the best entertainment they have enjoyed in years. A. J. Barber, chairman of the committee on contests, announces the following regulations regarding them:

   If there is but one entry for any race or contest, there can and will be no contest. In order to secure the first prize in any contest, there must be at least two contesting companies. In order to secure the first and second prizes in any contest, there must be at least three contesting companies. The contests are not limited to three entries in any race or contest, but there must be not less than three in order to secure a second prize for the company entitled to second money.

   All entries will close on July 30, 1898.

   There will be no deviation from these rules and regulations.

   If there is but one entry for the band contest, there can and will be no contest. If there are but two contesting bands, there will be but one prize, viz: the first prize. In order to secure the second prize, there must be at least three contesting bands in the contest. All entries will close on July 30, 1898.

   There will be no deviation from these rules and regulations pertaining to band contests.

   All communications should be sent to the secretary, Enos E. Mellon.

   The prizes will be as follows:

   From present indications it is very safe to say that the attendance will be large. At this date, many companies have signified their intention of being here in full force. Only yesterday morning Secretary Mellon was notified by a Waterloo company that they will be here thirty strong. Cortland entertained the state convention in 1888, and the firemen know how hospitably they were then received. Aside from first-class boarding houses at rates from $1 to$1.50 per day, and Homer hotels, the committee announces the following rates:

   Cortland House, $2; Messenger House, $2; Kremlin, $2; Dexter House, $2; Goddard hotel, $2; Hotel Burns, $1.60; American hotel, $1.50; Hotel Norwood, $1.50; Stevens' House, $1.50; Brunswick hotel, $1.50; Noonan's hotel, $1.50; National hotel, $1.50; Farmers' hotel, $1.50; European hotel, European style.

   The line of march will be very short, not to exceed one hour, as it seems to be the desire of all the companies in the association that the time consumed in the march shall be very much shorter than that of any convention in the past.

It Was Pure Thoughtlessness.

   Considerable criticism has been expressed in some quarters over the fact that the steamer taken out for a test last night was attached to a well on Church-st. in front of the place where three churches were holding prayer-meetings. The noise of the steamer and of the crowd of small boys and others looking on made it almost impossible to hear anything indoors during the time that the test lasted. The fact was surely unfortunate, but it was not intentional.

   Engineer Costello said to a STANDARD man this morning that the test surely would not have been made at that time and place if they had thought about the meetings. On account of our splendid waterworks the steamer is seldom used, but it needs to be tried once in a while to be sure that it is ready for use if occasion requires. It was decided last night to give it a test, and also to try the driven well in front of the jail which, because of the constant use of the hydrants connected with the waterworks, had not been pumped out in six or eight years.

   Consequently they went down and hooked on to the hydrant. They had scarcely begun when some one came out of the First Baptist prayer-meeting and spoke to Chief Barber about the disturbance it was creating. Mr. Costello said the chief at once came to him and told him to shut down as soon as he could get water enough in his boiler to blow off steam so that he could stop with safety, and he did so. The steamer was in operation about fifteen minutes, but it was fifteen minutes longer than would have occurred if the directors of the movement had thought in advance about the meetings.

Cinder Path Progressing.

   Cinders are rapidly being drawn for the building of the [bicycle] cinder path to South Cortland. The path is completed and ready to roll as far as the McLean road, and cinders are spread for a half mile further, but are not yet smoothed down. Misses Rowley and Dudley, who are the promoters of this path and who have raised nearly all the money for its building, are now calling upon the members of the Sidepath association who have not yet paid their dues for this year to collect the half dollar each. The dues are to be applied upon the fund for prolonging the sidepath.

BREVITIES.

   —Mrs. M. G. Weeks of Syracuse will be at the Conservatory of Music Friday and Saturday of this week.

   —There will be free dancing at the park to-morrow night and the Cortland City Band orchestra will furnish the music.

   —The Children's day exercises of the Presbyterian Sunday school will be held in the church Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock.

   —About 100 young people have arranged to take supper at the park tonight and spend the evening in dancing in the pavilion. The Cortland City Band orchestra will furnish the music.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Simmons & Grant, Anniversary

Sale, page 8: F. Daehler, Straw Hats, page 7; Palmer & Co., June Sale, page 7; Angell & McFall, Groceries, page 6.

   —The board of village trustees at an adjourned meeting last night accepted the contract as made between Village Attorneys Kellogg & Van Hoesen and Engineer H. C. Allen for superintending the paving of Main-st.

   —Mrs. Charles W. Fleming was examined by Drs. Reese and Dana yesterday and adjudged insane. She will probably be committed to the Binghamton state hospital on an order by County Judge Eggleston to-night.

   —Members of the C. M. B. A. are requested to assemble at Empire hall Saturday morning so as to leave at 8:30 to attend the funeral of Brother James Heaphy. Those having gloves and badges belonging to the branch are requested to bring them.

   —The lost boy had not returned this afternoon from his East Freetown excursion. The house was locked when a reporter called and a neighbor said that Mrs. Worden had gone to East Freetown in a carriage to see if she could find the boy and bring him home.